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Big Issue sellers are the worst... I know that they are trying to help the homeless - but I would rather drop a few coins into the hat of a beggar simply because I know what it's like to be out for 12+ hours a day in the colder months and not all rough sleepers are able to get in out of the cold at night.
metaldog · 51-55
@HootyTheNightOwl yep that's how I feel, give directly!!
@metaldog I didn't resort to begging on the streets... but, if I had been out there much longer than I was, I probably would have done.
By the time I got to the hotel, the first two things I did was to put the kettle on and run a hot bath. Some nights, I literally crawled out of that bath like a slug because I was frozen to the bone and hadn't had anything hot to eat all day.
How did I end up homeless??? No... I'm not a alcoholic or an addict - my crime was to get raped by someone who wouldn't stop.
They rehomed me in a hotel in his hometown because I couldn't stay in my own home anymore.
By the time I got to the hotel, the first two things I did was to put the kettle on and run a hot bath. Some nights, I literally crawled out of that bath like a slug because I was frozen to the bone and hadn't had anything hot to eat all day.
How did I end up homeless??? No... I'm not a alcoholic or an addict - my crime was to get raped by someone who wouldn't stop.
They rehomed me in a hotel in his hometown because I couldn't stay in my own home anymore.